Reviews

Mngwa


Andrew Franey


The Shangs


Alex Cuba


Tri Nguyen


Defend The Rhino


Talltale


Kiwi Jr.


Plaster


Hyness


Black Suit Devil


Yamantaka // Sonic Titan


The Pack A.D.


Chad VanGaalen


Potengowski Anna Friederike


Todd Rundgren


Old 97's


Needles//Pins

This Month

The Resurrection of Waskesu
Rod Bandura and Margit Gossage have broaght the legacy of First Nations group Waskesu into the 21st Century with their new Margit Sky Project. By Jim Dupuis.

When the Music Stopped
It is not just musicians who are idled by the Coronavirus. A whole industry of people who support the live music scene are put on the sidelines too, says industry veteran Joelle May. By Magnus Thyvold

Women's Rights, Inprovisation and Passion: The Meredith Bates Interview
Meredith Bates has been busy trying to get more women musicians in the spotlight and working hard at combining improvised music with other art forms. By Jim Dupuis

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Our Best of 2019 coverage Starts Here

Best Jazz of 2019 with Jazz Notes Jim Dupuis
Contributor and Host of Kamloops' Jazz Notes rounds up his favourite international and local Jazz releases of 2019

Mingwa - The Strange One
...a great album that really stretches what world music can be, and seamlessly blends many styles of music.

The Shangs - Golden Hits of the Shangs
...the band had another side gig going on all the while. Starting in 1990, The Shangs were a psychedelic pop off-shoot that sound very little like the main project Simply Saucer.

Alex Cuba Sublime
...a great album that will fit fine into Canadian summers lounging around on the beach.

Cutting Your Teeth With Necking
Vancouver's new punk rock heros play on the Studio 6 Live Sssions. By CJSF Radio and Magnus Thyvold

!earshot charts - July 2008 - top 20 international Asterisk (*) denotes Canadian artists. All !earshot charts in this issue reflect actual airplay on campus/community stations during the month of July 2008. Charts are weighted according to broadcast range and market size. To view older charts from as far back as 1999, go to our charts archive.

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Rank	Artist	Title	Label
1	Dubmatix *	Renegade Rocker	7 Arts
2	Orchestra Baobab	Made In Dakar	World Circuit/Nonesuch
3	Various	Nigeria 70: Lagos Jump	Strut
4	Jayme Stone And Mansa Sissoko*	Africa To Appalachia	Independent
5	Seun Kuti And Fela's Egypt 80	Seun Kuti And Fela's Egypt 80	Mr Bongo
6	Grupo Fantasma	Sonidos Gold	Aire Sol
7	Various	Cafe Cubano	Putumayo
8	Luis Mario Ochoa Quintet*	Momentos Cubanos	Cuban Music Productions
9	Alla	Es Tiempo	Crammed Discs
10	Jackson Conti	Sujinho	Mochilla
11	Puerto Plata	Mujer De Cabaret	Iaso
12	Sergio Mendes	Encanta	Concord
13	Prince Fatty	Survival Of The Fattest	Mr. Bongo
14	Dharmakasa	Between Worlds	Independent
15	Various *	Quebec	Putumayo
16	Natalia Clavier	Nectar	ESL
17	Various	Ayombe! The Heart Of Colombia's Musica Vallenata	Smithsonian Folkways
18	Forro In The Dark	Dia De Roda	Nublu
19	Diamanka Souleymane	L'Hiver Peul	Universal
20	Vox Sambou *	Lakay	PTR